Sri Krishna: The Miracle Worker
Accounts relate that among His acts was the performance of miracles – right from His very ‘birth’. He ‘appeared’ at the time of “birth” in the transcendent four-armed form and then immediately assumed the form...
Sri Krishna: The Poorna Avataara—A complete Manifestation of Divinity
In 3102 BC, in Mathura, India, a child was born who was destined to reshape the spiritual and temporal destiny of mankind. He was given the name Krishna. In His...
Sri Krishna remains and prospers as a continual power
It would be no exaggeration at all to describe Sri Krishna as the unique personality, power and phenomenon which has exercised a profound influence on Hindus over thousands of years,...
Sri Krishna: The Supreme Personality
Sri Krishna’s Message has been an eternal source of inspiration, not only to spiritual aspirants, but also to patriots and philanthropists, social and religious reformers, politicians, and leaders of people everywhere. He has been...
Sri Krishna: The Great and Glorious
All traditions assert that God is great. Lord Sri Krishna graphically demonstrates that Greatness. In the eleventh chapter of the Bhagavad-gita, Sri Krishna gives Arjuna a glimpse of His awe-inspiring greatness by displaying His Universal...
Raksha Bandhan
Raksha Bandhan has numerous traditions and legends surrounding its observance. In Guyana, Hindus follow the North Indian tradition of tying the Rakhi (sacred thread) by sisters on the right wrist of brothers. Brothers commit to render help and...
Bhagavad-Gita: The Gospel of Non-Attachment
The essence of true culture lies in its being based upon a spiritual sense of values and a spiritual outlook on life. The assertion of the essential divinity of man is the heart of Indian...
Hindu Philosophy—Part 17
The Dvaita Philosophy of Sri Madhvacharya
Sri Madhvacharya evolved a dualistic system of philosophy out of the Prasthana-Traya, viz., the Upanishads, the Bhagavad-Gita and the Brahma Sutras. It is an unqualified dualism. Madhva’s Vaishnavism is called Sad-Vaishnavism,...
Life and works of Tulsidasji
The life and work of the great soul whose birthday we joyously celebrate on this auspicious seventh day of the month of Sravan, are themselves rich legacies left by the saint-poet to us of...
Goswami Tulsidasa—A short biography
Tulsidas was born in Rajpur, in the district of Banda in Uttar Pradesh, in Samvat 1589 or 1532 A.D. He was a Sarayuparina Brahmin by birth and is regarded as an incarnation of Valmiki, the author...
